NVIDIA announces special edition GTX 560 Ti with 448 CUDA cores, available now for $289

Now that we’re officially in the throes of holiday shopping season, NVIDIA’s rolling out a promotion of its own, though sadly it doesn’t involve any steep discounts. The outfit just announced a special edition GPU: the GTX 560 Ti with 448 CUDA cores, running at 1.46GHz, a 732MHz graphics clock and 1.25GB of GDDR5 memory charging ahead at an effective rate of 3.8GHz. Other features include support for three-way SLI, DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI. Those specs place it snugly between the current GTX 560 Ti with 384 CUDA cores, and the higher-end GTX 570 , which packs 480. If this seems like a puzzling move, it is indeed the first time NVIDIA’s bothered with a limited holiday edition card, though in conversations with reporters the company made it clear its new hardware is meant to dovetail with the arrival of games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim , Battlefield 3 and Batman: Arkham City . If you’re shopping for a gamer (or, you know, yourself), it’s available now for $289 in the US, Canada, UK France, Germany Russia and Nordic countries through companies like ASUS, MSI and Gigabyte, among others. NVIDIA announces special edition GTX 560 Ti with 448 CUDA cores, available now for $289 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EDT

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Linux Mint 12 debuts ‘Lisa’ as belle of the ball

The Ubuntu variant famed for delivering a minty fresh taste to Linux has officially arrived at version 12. Code-named “Lisa,” the distribution introduces a new desktop that’s based on GNOME 3.2 , yet offers extensive user customization courtesy of Mint Gnome Shell Extensions (MGSE). Open source fans will find the default search engine is now DuckDuckGo, which touts crowd-sourcing and a no-tracking privacy policy. Those concerned with aesthetics will certainly appreciate two new themes, Mint-Z and Mint-Z-Dark, and the distro also delivers upgrades to Firefox, Thunderbird and LibreOffice. Linux Mint currently rides in the pole position at DistroWatch, having supplanted Ubuntu as the alternative of choice for many Tux enthusiasts. Perhaps it’s time to sample the freshness for yourself. Linux Mint 12 debuts ‘Lisa’ as belle of the ball originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds .

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Switched On: HTC goes back to the future

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. Motorola’s Droid RAZR takes enough pages out of the classic textbook of smartphone differentiation to assemble its own chapter. It sets a new standard for thinness in LTE devices, uses leading-edge display technology, resists flexing, glass breakage and water damage, has a striking design and thoughtfully selected materials, stretches battery life, matches with a bevy of optimized accessories, and enables remote file and media access via Motocast software . Who’s it for? Just about any Verizon customer willing to pony up. Its rival HTC has also long played the one-upsmanship game. It has invested in a software layer designed to have populist appeal

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Canon EOS 1000D washes ashore in BC, Canada, SD card reveals it was lost at sea for over a year (update)

What you’re looking at was once a fully functional Canon EOS 1000D , now merely a relic of the sea (the Pacific Ocean, to be exact), which was recently posted on Google+. User Marcus Thompson, found the DSLR washed up near a wharf while on a diving job in Deep Bay British Columbia, Canada and decided to take it home to find out what could be salvaged. After removing and cleaning the SanDisk Extreme III SD card inside of it, he was successfully able to recover about 50 photos with EXIF data from August 2010, showcasing what’s described to be a firefighter and his family on vacation. While he hasn’t located the owner of the shooter turned coffee table decoration just yet, Marcus is currently asking the “Google+ hive mind” to help get the two reunited. If you’re from BC area and want to help out — or just curious to see this DSLR from more angles — you’ll find some pictures from the SD card and more information about the camera at the source link below. Update: The original Google+ post was updated within the last hour, noting that the owner of the camera has indeed been identified! Canon EOS 1000D washes ashore in BC, Canada, SD card reveals it was lost at sea for over a year (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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RIM’s giving away PlayBooks to enterprise customers, might start begging soon

It slashed prices , promised the moon on a stick for next year’s OS upgrade and now Research in Motion has resorted to just giving the beleaguered BlackBerry PlayBook away. Purchase a copy of BlackBerry Enterprise Server v5 between now and the end of the year and you’ll bag a free 16GB tablet. The offer is open to everyone in the United States and Canada — except Quebec — who want the only tablet that’s packing the full BlackBerry experience ( sans email, messaging, calendar…). RIM’s giving away PlayBooks to enterprise customers, might start begging soon originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Screen Grabs: Covert Affairs exposes secret Rogers service in Washington DC

Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dot com . Fans of USA’s Covert Affairs know that Annie Walker’s stomping ground is Washington DC, where she pretends to be a buyer for the Smithsonian . So, there’s only two plausible explanations for her iPhone 4 being able to connect to Rogers Wireless Canadian network: Either she’s got a nuclear powered antenna on that thing, or the company is running a south-of-the-border service for Government agencies. Some might point out that the show is filmed in Toronto for cost purposes and the art directors aren’t too hot at spotting continuity errors, but we’d dismiss that as paranoid fantasy. [Thanks, Mike G] Screen Grabs: Covert Affairs exposes secret Rogers service in Washington DC originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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Engadget’s holiday gift guide 2011: accessories

Welcome to the Engadget Holiday Gift Guide ! We’re well aware of the heartbreaking difficulties surrounding the seasonal shopping experience, so we’re here to help you sort out this year’s tech treasures. Below is today’s bevy of curated picks, and you can head back to the Gift Guide hub to see the rest of the product guides as they’re added throughout the holiday season. As any technophile will tell you, accessories make the getup when it comes to complementing your favorite gadgets. Whether you’re decking out a smartphone , computer, tablet , gaming system or just looking for some good old-fashioned holiday kicks, we’re here to help you pick from our favorite accessories of 2011. Jump past the break to find out which ones made the “Nice” list. Continue reading Engadget’s holiday gift guide 2011: accessories Engadget’s holiday gift guide 2011: accessories originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Engadget’s holiday gift guide 2011: accessories

Welcome to the Engadget Holiday Gift Guide ! We’re well aware of the heartbreaking difficulties surrounding the seasonal shopping experience, so we’re here to help you sort out this year’s tech treasures. Below is today’s bevy of curated picks, and you can head back to the Gift Guide hub to see the rest of the product guides as they’re added throughout the holiday season. As any technophile will tell you, accessories make the getup when it comes to complementing your favorite gadgets. Whether you’re decking out a smartphone , computer, tablet , gaming system or just looking for some good old-fashioned holiday kicks, we’re here to help you pick from our favorite accessories of 2011. Jump past the break to find out which ones made the “Nice” list. Continue reading Engadget’s holiday gift guide 2011: accessories Engadget’s holiday gift guide 2011: accessories originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Nokia promises software updates to fix Lumia 800 battery woes

We experienced occasional battery and charging problems when reviewing the Lumia 800, and it looks like others have had issues too. In fact, it’s become a sufficiently (un)popular topic on Nokia’s support forums to encourage the company to post up a reply, confirming that two software fixes are in the works. The first will target power efficiency and arrive in early December, while the second will follow in January and hopefully improve charging. Only a minority of users are affected, we’re told, so it’s lucky for them that they’re vocal. Nokia promises software updates to fix Lumia 800 battery woes originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Nokia promises software updates to fix Lumia 800 battery woes

We experienced occasional battery and charging problems when reviewing the Lumia 800, and it looks like others have had issues too. In fact, it’s become a sufficiently (un)popular topic on Nokia’s support forums to encourage the company to post up a reply, confirming that two software fixes are in the works. The first will target power efficiency and arrive in early December, while the second will follow in January and hopefully improve charging. Only a minority of users are affected, we’re told, so it’s lucky for them that they’re vocal. Nokia promises software updates to fix Lumia 800 battery woes originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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